WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and fellow Democratic members of the House Appropriations Committee today countered attacks on reproductive health care from the Supreme Court and rightwing legislatures. In the fiscal year 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which passed the full House Appropriations committee today, Pingree and other Democratic  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Keep Kids Fed Act was signed into law. The legislation, which is based on a bill they co-sponsored earlier this year, will extend critical flexibilities for schools and meal programs to provide children healthy meals this summer and to help schools and daycares respond to supply chain challenges and high food costs for the coming school year. "T more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's latest ruling in EPA v. West Virginia, which fundamentally reshapes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory authority. "Instead of empowering the EPA to clean up deadly toxins, this radical Supreme Court has granted another givea more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins applauded today's announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that it is launching a New England Prescription Opioid Strike Force. The strike force will operate as a partnership between prosecutors and data analysts with the Fraud Section's Health Care Fraud Unit; prosecutors with the U.S. Attorneys' Offices in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; and special age more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden today celebrated a $1.467 billion investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help coastal communities like Maine's prepare for the impacts of climate change. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Ready Coasts initiative will support the future of coastal c more PR

BRUNSWICK, Maine, July 1 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the following statement after the Supreme Court rolled back the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to regulate harmful emissions and combat climate change. "Climate change is a looming threat to humanity, and scientists of all backgrounds overwhelmingly a more PR